amanda cannot backup filesystems that are larger than the size of the tapes,
it cannot split backup streams across multiple tapes.

Steve

> Hi
> I backup onto DDS-2 tapes, so have a limitation of about 3-4GB per tape.
> The no of tapes is set to 2, so I should be able to backup 6-8GB per run.
> However, I am unable to tar a single filesystem that is larger than the
> predicted size of one tape.
> When I try, I get the error:
>   planner: localhost /home 20030115 0 [dump larger than tape, full dump
> delayed]
>
> The blocksize is set to 499MB, so surely amanda should tar in 499MB blocks
> until it has done the whole filesystem and then dump it onto 2 tapes.
>
> Gareth
>